Like Lions : A Novel (Paperback)

from rhbouchard

I liked this quick read (a few hours) – really suitable for say air travel. The story is not overly complex, actually not much of a mystery (and it is not a detective story either), but the characters are interesting. Perhaps there is an overreliance on miracle escapes, although they are a natura...

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Clayton Burroughs is a shadow of the man he was once. Still with physical scars, it is the mental scars he cannot get over. Forced to do something he cannot forgive himself for, he has tAken to drink in a big way. His relationship with Kate is stressed because of it, but he hopes that at least th...

from rhbouchard

I liked this quick read (a few hours) - really suitable for say air travel. The story is not overly complex, actually not much of a mystery (and it is not a detective story either), but the characters are interesting. Perhaps there is an overreliance on miracle escapes, although they are a natura...

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In this sequel to Bull Mountain, we find the infamous Burroughs criminal clan devoid of leadership because of an internecine war. The heir apparent has fallen to Clayton Burroughs, a small-town sheriff in Georgia's Appalachian Mountain foothills, a responsibility he does not want. This vacuum in ...

from Darcia

Like Lions is an intense, vivid, uncomfortable, compelling, atmospheric, totally immersive story. It's the kind of book I had to keep putting down because it made me squirm, but then I'd take a few breaths and pick it right back up again. Panowich's writing style commands an emotional connection ...